Don't gain the world and lose your soul,
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.

Bob Marley

Zion Train

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Topic

Wisdom Love of money

Speaker

Bob Marley

Source

Zion Train Uprising

Medium

Song

Genre

Reggae music

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

Jamaica Caribbean

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Citation

Marley, Bob. "Zion Train." Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Uprising. Tuff Gong/Island Records, 1980.

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An evil empire.

Ronald Reagan

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Topic
Soviet Union Cold War
Speaker
Ronald Reagan
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "The Evil Empire." National Association of Evangelicals. 8 Mar. 1983, Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel, Orlando, FL, USA.

Another quote about Wisdom

Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information?

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Wisdom Knowledge Information
Speaker
Chorus

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Rock
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1934 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Our life is frittered away by detail…. Simplify, simplify.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Topic
Simple living Living well Life

Author

Henry David Thoreau
Source
Where I Lived, And What I Lived For Walden
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.